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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1903
Page
8
An advertisement touts Paine's Celery Compound as a spring remedy for women. It features testimonials from Mrs Gladys Riblett of Peoria who claims severe female weakness and lung disease improved after six bottles, gaining weight and vitality.
One pound of baking powder noted at Bartlett Bros. A local item mentions Mr. and Mrs. W. Forrey leaving for Washington to visit before heading to St. Louis. Mr. Forrey expects to return to Muscatine soon before final departure from the area.
John G. Coster, chairman of the Muscatine county Republican central committee, announced the county will be entitled to seventeen delegates at the state convention. The county call will be issued in June, with the Muscatine plan for selecting delegates set for a June county convention. Polk county leads with forty one delegates, while Linn has twenty eight and Pottawattamie twenty seven. The total seats total 1 246 with Osceola at six and Ida at seven. {|}
The river today shows a stage of 9.15 feet with a fall of about one inch in the past twenty four hours. The Diamond to steamer Dubuque is due in Muscatine around noon Sunday on its first regular river trip. Mr and Mrs Richard Houdek and children left today on the Firefly for Walken Junction to tend summer button interests. The St Mathias Sewing Circle met Friday at Mrs Kammerer 112 West Tenth Street for a pleasant and profitable afternoon.
If a child complains of headaches or dullness in studies, have their eyes examined promptly. Many youngsters are labeled stupid in class when vision problems cause blurred sight or discomfort, so don’t blame the child before checking eyes.
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